18k in labor is justified or not, consider that unlike your garage, every day your Z sits in Z1's garage not only are you paying somebody to work on it at a wage that makes it worth their while, but you are also taking up garage space that Z1 could be using to generate income for the company and all its employees, so you also need to pay for the space at a rate that makes it worth their while. Does not sound unreasonable at all, it just sounds expensive. With that being said, only a fool would spend 43k on a NA. Just buy a TT to begin with and you start much further down the path towards your end goal. With the money saved you practically restore the car to mint condition in the process.
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